scoilteán

== Irish == === Alternative forms === (cleft object; cleft stick): scoilteog f === Etymology === From Old Irish scoiltén. By surface analysis, scoilt (“split, crack, cleavage, fissure”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix). === Noun === scoilteán m (genitive singular scoilteáin, nominative plural scoilteáin) diminutive of scoilt (small) crack, fissure cleft object; cleft stick potato set ==== Declension ==== === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “scoilteán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scoiltén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language